Faculty by Research Area

Nanoscale electronics and nanoparticle based memories (Brongersma)

Nanoscale phase change nonvolatile memory (Cui)

Nanoscale resistance change nonvolatile memory (Cui)

Adhesion in and reliability of low-k dielectrics (Dauskardt)

Organic semiconductors and devices (McGehee)

High-k gate dielectrics, ferroelectrics, thin film growth and characterization (McIntyre)

TEM characterization of electronic materials (Sinclair)

Growth and etching of semiconductor thin films (Bent)

Superconductivity and crystal growth (Fisher)

Molecular beam epitaxy growth of semiconductors (Harris)

Semiconductor materials and devices (Plummer)

Novel electronic materials for large-area electronics (Salleo)

Centers associated with electronic materials research
at Stanford are the Center for Integrated
Systems and the Stanford Nanofabrication Facility

Growth and characterization of magnetic thin films and magnetotransport devices (Clemens)

TEM characterization of magnetic materials (Sinclair)

Magnetic information storage, applications of magnetics in biology (Wang)

Magnetism in new and exotic materials (Fisher)

STM studies of isolated and interacting magnetic moments (Manoharan)

X-ray imaging of magnetic nanostructures and of ultrafast switching processes (Stohr)

Center for Magnetic Nanotechnology

Subwavelength-scale waveguides, nanophotonics, plasmonics (Brongersma)

Negative index materials and metamaterials (Dionne)

Nanophotonic and plasmonic devices (Dionne)

Polymer light-emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells and photonic crystals (McGehee)

MBE growth of semiconductors for lasers, detectors and modulators (Harris)

THz radiation as a diagnostic of ultrafast materials processes (Reed)

Processing materials using photons (Salleo)

Stanford Photonics Research Center (SPRC)

All-optical THz switching (Lindenberg)

Dislocation mechanics, elastic waves in solids (Barnett)

Stress and strength in thin films and multilayers (Clemens)

Fracture, fatigue and environmentally assisted failure in metals,
metallic glasses, ceramics, composites and biomaterials (Dauskardt)

Cell mechanics in tissue engineering (Heilshorn)

Dislocation mechanics, mechanical behavior of solids in bulk and thin film form (Nix)

Multi-scale modeling of shock waves in materials (Reed)

Nanowire biosensors (Cui)

Interfaces in load bearing prosthetics,
transdermal drug delivery patches, bone mineral substitutes, biomaterials (Dauskardt)

Optical sensors of bioelectromagnetism (Dionne)

Biomaterials, regenerative medicine,
and protein and tissue engineering (Heilshorn)

Biosensors (Melosh)

Use of magnetic nanocrystals for DNA sensing (Wang)

Hydrogen storage (Clemens)

Solar cells with nanomaterials (Cui)

High energy and high power Li battery with nanomaterials (Cui)

Plasmon-enhanced photovoltaics (Dionne)

Photocatalysis for solar-to-fuel conversion and environmental applications (Dionne)

Organic-inorganic nanostructured photovoltaic cells (McGehee)

Fuel cells Prinz)

Solid-state electrolytes for fuel cells and energy storage (McIntyre)

Global Climate and Energy Project

Water splitting (Lindenberg)

Thermoelectrics (Reed)

Mechanical properties of polymers (Dauskardt)

Biopolymer design and synthesis (Heilshorn)

Semiconducting and conducting polymers, self-assembly of nanostructures (McGehee)

Polymer physics and interface science, lab-on-a-chip applications (Frank)

Structure/property relationships of semiconducting polymers (Salleo)

Center for Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA)

Single nanostructure electrical transport measurement (Cui)

Single nanocrystal optical characterization (Dionne)

Scanning Probe Microscopy (Cui, Dauskardt, McGehee, Salleo)

Analytical electron microscopy and electron spectroscopy (McIntyre, Dauskardt)

In-situ studies of processes with transmission electron microscopy (Bravman, Sinclair)

High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (Sinclair, McIntyre)

X-ray diffraction in ultra-thin films and multilayers (Bravman, Clemens, McIntyre)

X-ray diffraction of amorphous materials with synchrotron radiation (Bienenstock)

Near-field scanning optical microscopy (Brongersma, Dionne)

Spectroscopy (McGehee, Bent)

Nanoindentation (Nix)

Scanning tunneling microscopy (Manoharan)

X-ray magnetic dichroism spectroscopy and
microscopy of magnetic nanostructures and their dynamics (Stohr)

X-ray diffraction in ultra-thin films and multilayers (Bravman, Clemens, McIntyre, Lindenberg)

X-ray diffraction of amorphous materials with synchrotron radiation (Bienenstock, Lindenberg)

Spectroscopy (McGehee, Bent, Lindenberg)

Ultrafast x-ray science (Lindenberg)

Terahertz spectroscopy (Lindenberg)

THz acoustic waves (Reed)

Sputtering (Clemens, McIntyre, Wang)

Molecular beam epitaxy (Harris)

Chemical vapor deposition (Bent)

Atomic layer deposition (Bent, McIntyre)

Spin casting, dip coating, Langmuir-Blodgett, self-assembly (Frank, McGehee)

Nanowire growth (Brongersma, Clemens, Cui)

Nanocrystal synthesis (Cui, Dionne)

Phase-separation driven formation of nanocrystal arrays (Clemens)

DNA-directed nanocrystal assembly (Dionne)

Focused ion beam nanopatterning (Dionne)

Biotemplating of nanostructures (Heilshorn)

Block-copolymer self assembly (McGehee)

Atomic manipulation (Manoharan)

Dislocation and defect theory (Barnett)

Analytic and numerical modelling of plasmonic materials and metamaterials (Dionne)

Quantum mechanical and molecular dynamic simulations (Reed)

Multiscale simulation and modeling of nanoscale engineering systems (Dauskardt)

Growth of biological, electronic, optical and
superconducting crystals (Feigelson)

Growth of crystals and quasicrystals with that
exhibit novel magnetic and correlated electron effects (Fisher)

Rapid prototyping via thermal spray deposition,
geometric modeling and manufacturing (Prinz )